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Non-Neighborhood Choice Enrollment

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Choice Options Lottery Timeline

2025-2026
Choice Options
Lottery & Priority ACR Window

Priority Area Change Requests: January 2 to January 24, 2025

Priority Area Change Requests - Kindergarten Only: January 2 to May 1, 2025

Kindergarten: January 2 to March 21, 2025

Kindergarten Dual Immersion: January 2 to March 21, 2025

Grades 1-12: January 2 to January 24, 2025

A current enrollment into Bend-La Pine Schools for the school year requested is required.

Choice Options Application Instructions


In addition to neighborhood schools, Bend-La Pine Schools offers multiple options to meet the individual needs of its students. Choice enrollment is choosing a school other than your neighborhood school. We always recommend families start by checking out their neighborhood school. But sometimes your neighborhood school isn't the best fit for your student or family. If this is the case, you can apply to attend another school.

  • January 2, 2025: Choice lottery enrollment application opens in ParentVUE
  • January 24, 2025 : Choice lottery application for grades 1-12 will close.
  • January 24, 2025: Application for Priority ACR will close.
  • March 21, 2025: Choice lottery application closes for kindergarten and Dual Immersion
  • May 1, 2025: Application for Kindergarten Priority ACR will close.

Entry into the Choice Options lottery, Dual Immersion lottery, and Area Change Request all require a current enrollment into Bend-La Pine Schools for the school year requested.

Student transportation: For students accepted to attend a choice option school, limited bus service is available. The District offers transportation to choice option schools from designated central locations. Neighborhood routes are not provided. In addition, families must provide their own student transportation for students granted a Priority Area Change Request.

Explore the programs by clicking the icons below:


Dual Immersion Program. Kindergarten lottery and late entry application information.
Talented and Gifted.Elementary and middle school options for TAG identified students.

Inter-District Transfers

Students who live in the boundaries of other school districts may request transfer into BLS schools, and students who live in the BLS district may ask for permission to attend schools in other districts.

Please visit our Inter-District Transfers webpage for detailed information.

Online Enrollment Help

If you need assistance with the online enrollment or Choice Options process, please email:
[email protected]